ARCHIL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ARCHIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCHIL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCHIL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCHIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
archilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCHIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARCHIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does ARCHIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A purple-red dye made from certain lichens, or the lichen that yields it.
Archil was long used to colour cloth before synthetic dyes arrived, and it is also the source of the chemical indicator litmus. The lichens that produce it grow on sea cliffs and rocks in warm coastal regions, and they were gathered and fermented to release the colour. The spelling orchil is the more frequent variant in older trade writing.
How ARCHIL is used
Technical and historical; found in dyeing, chemistry and word lists.
- The weaver steeped the wool in archil until it turned a dull violet.
- Archil gave a cheap purple to cloth that could not afford costly shellfish dye.
- Collectors scraped archil from the seaside rocks and sold it to dyers.
- Litmus paper is made from a pigment related to archil.
- A faint wash of archil tinted the old map.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCHIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARCHIL
The 6 tiles of ARCHIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARCHIL
3 longer words begin with ARCHIL.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCHIL
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Common questions about ARCHIL
- Is ARCHIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCHIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCHIL worth?
- ARCHIL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCHIL mean?
- A purple-red dye made from certain lichens, or the lichen that yields it.
- What letters can be added to ARCHIL?
- ARCHIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARCHIL:
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